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HelpIrish mn combos
My children both have mn to honour the Irish side of my family, so my daughter is Katana Neamh and my son is Tyler Ryan.
DH and I are in 'talks'(lol) about possibly giving them a new baby sister or brother. If it's a girl I am pretty set on Ineevia (not my real name btw), but want to find a lovely Irish name to go with it. If it's a boy I am open to ideas, but need a lovely Irish boy's name to match.
Any ideas?
DH and I are in 'talks'(lol) about possibly giving them a new baby sister or brother. If it's a girl I am pretty set on Ineevia (not my real name btw), but want to find a lovely Irish name to go with it. If it's a boy I am open to ideas, but need a lovely Irish boy's name to match.
Any ideas?
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I have a special yen for girl's "i" names, so I'm intrigued. Where does Ineevia come from? Niamh is my #1 name for a girl, so we are on similar wave lengths. Let's see what I can concoct:
Ineevia Clare
Ineevia Deirdre (DEER-dra)
Ineevia Cathleen
Ineevia Sinead (shih-NADE, = Jane / Janet)
Ineevia Mairead (ma-RADE, = Margaret)
Ineevia Brigid
Ineevia Shannon
And for a boy:
Cormac (COR-mc, nn Cory or Mack?)
Rory
Malachy (MAL-uh-kee, Irish form of Malachi)
Seamus (SHAY-muss, = James)
Patrick
Desmond (nn Dez?)
Eamonn (AY-mun, = Edmund)
Kevin
Brendan
Dermot / Diarmuid
Finn
Fintan
Conor
Brian
Ciaran / Kieran (KEER-ahn)
Some random combinations:
Deirdre Cathleen (nn Dede / Didi)
Mairead Cathleen
Isla Maeve (EYE-la, isle + a, Scottish girl's name)
Erin Colleen
Isolde Maeve (ih-ZOLE-da, Irish mythology)
Ineevia Clare
Ineevia Deirdre (DEER-dra)
Ineevia Cathleen
Ineevia Sinead (shih-NADE, = Jane / Janet)
Ineevia Mairead (ma-RADE, = Margaret)
Ineevia Brigid
Ineevia Shannon
And for a boy:
Cormac (COR-mc, nn Cory or Mack?)
Rory
Malachy (MAL-uh-kee, Irish form of Malachi)
Seamus (SHAY-muss, = James)
Patrick
Desmond (nn Dez?)
Eamonn (AY-mun, = Edmund)
Kevin
Brendan
Dermot / Diarmuid
Finn
Fintan
Conor
Brian
Ciaran / Kieran (KEER-ahn)
Some random combinations:
Deirdre Cathleen (nn Dede / Didi)
Mairead Cathleen
Isla Maeve (EYE-la, isle + a, Scottish girl's name)
Erin Colleen
Isolde Maeve (ih-ZOLE-da, Irish mythology)
This message was edited 4/3/2006, 10:41 AM
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But don't you already have a Niamh? As a mn? With so many gorgeous other names to choose from, I wonder why you would repeat the name / sound.
If I had a dd tomorrow, she'd be Niamh, so I do understand the attraction for the name. But I think it's time to expand your baby naming horizons a little.
How about Isolde? Everyone thinks of it as a German name, from the Wagnerian opera Tristan und Isolde. But it originated in Ireland. Or Isibeal? It's Irish for Isabel and pronounced "ISH-bale." Beautiful, but probably not the easiest name to live with, I'll admit. Eibhlin, "EEV-lin," I think, but check on that pronunciation.
To honor your English and Irish roots, personally I think keeping the names in tact and honoring their spellings is the way to go. A mixture of an English first name and an Irish mn, or the other way around? But that's just my two cents. :-)
If I had a dd tomorrow, she'd be Niamh, so I do understand the attraction for the name. But I think it's time to expand your baby naming horizons a little.
How about Isolde? Everyone thinks of it as a German name, from the Wagnerian opera Tristan und Isolde. But it originated in Ireland. Or Isibeal? It's Irish for Isabel and pronounced "ISH-bale." Beautiful, but probably not the easiest name to live with, I'll admit. Eibhlin, "EEV-lin," I think, but check on that pronunciation.
To honor your English and Irish roots, personally I think keeping the names in tact and honoring their spellings is the way to go. A mixture of an English first name and an Irish mn, or the other way around? But that's just my two cents. :-)
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